. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/240 
1 October 2009 
 (09-4649) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria  - SENASA (National 
Agrarian Health Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Sheep, goats and by-products thereof. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Norma Sanitaria Andina para el comercio y 
la movilización intrasubregional y con tercero s países de ovinos y caprinos domésticos y 
sus productos (Draft Andean Health Standard gover ning trade in and the transport of 
domestic sheep and goats, and products thereof, at intra- subregional level and with third 
countries) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  54 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Standard updates the health requirements laid 
down by Resolutions Nos. 347 and 449 of the Council of the Cartagena Agreement 
governing trade in and the transport of sheep, goats and their by-products at intra-subregional level and with third countries,  in order to take into consideration the 
changes in health status of the various count ries with which Peru trades in these species and 
their by-products. 
 The draft also lays down the harmonized hea lth requirements governing the importation 
and transport of the sheep, goats, and sheep and goat by-products falling under the tariff 
item numbers specified in the Standard amongst Member countries of the Andean 
Community of Nations (CAN) and with third countries, with a view to minimizing the risk 
of the spread of disease and to preventi ng health measures from becoming disguised 
barriers to or unjustified restrictions on trad e, in accordance with the health status of 
exporting and importing countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PER/240 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Proyecto de 
Norma Sanitaria Andina para el comercio y la movilización intrasubregional y con 
terceros países de ovinos y capr inos domésticos y sus productos  (Draft Andean Health 
Standard governing trade in and the transpor t of domestic sheep and goats, and products 
thereof, at intra-subregional level and with th ird countries) (available in Spanish, 54 pages). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not stated. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  This Standard will enter into force on the date of its publication by the 
Andean Community. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 November 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address , fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) 
Dirección General de Sanidad Animal 
Av. La Molina 1915, La Molina Lima 12, Peru Fax: +(51 1) 340-1486 E-mail: ghalze@senasa.gob.pe 
Website: http://www.senasa.gob.pe
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: